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Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez addresses the delegates at the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sept. 2, 2004. (UPI Photo/Chris Corder)
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., is the most recent lawmaker to resign and seek a new career in the world of lobbying, a lobbyist says.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Friday U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., will be replaced by former Crist adviser George LeMieux.
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., says he's quitting Congress as soon as Florida Gov. Charlie Crist can appoint someone to replace him.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez will step down from his Florida Senate seat following an upcoming congressional recess, senior Republican sources said Friday.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., says she is joining the race to succeed the retiring Mel Martinez as a U.S. senator from the state in 2010.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is contemplating a U.S. Senate run, sources tell The Washington Post.
MIAMI, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., says he is running for the Florida U.S. Senate seat that will become open in 2010.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Republican political strategists say former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is leaning toward running for the U.S. Senate in 2010.
MIAMI, June 24 (UPI) -- The 2004 U.S. Senate campaign of Florida Attorney Gen. Bill McCollum has paid a $50,000 fine for failing to report all spending in a Republican primary.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- John McCain was declared the winner of the Florida Republican presidential primary late Tuesday.